District Meeting-27 January 2008 (Click on pictures to enlarge)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 10:45 AM
by District 8, NC VFW
District 8 held their Winter meeting at Post 670 in Fayetteville, NC. The host posts for this event was Post 10 from Raeford and Post 10630 from Hope Mills. Over 120 district VFW members and families of awardees of the VOD, Patriots Pen, Teachers of the Year, and Gold Medal awardees of Policeman, Fireman, and EMT of the year also.
The State of North Carolina VFW representatives at the meeting was State Commander John Shelander and the Ladies Auxiliary State President Dillie Staton. Commander Shelander presented membership awards to the post commanders and quartermasters of Post 10, Post 6018, and Post 10630 for achieving 100 percent membership.
Thoes receiving awards were:
| 1st Place VOD | Amber Wrench | Post 9925 |
| 2nd Place VOD | Brittany Berry | Post 6018 |
| 3rd Place VOD | Brianna Blake | Post 12025 |
| 1st Place Patriots Pen | Leslie Bright III | |
| 2nd Place Patriots Pen | Conor Winters | |
| 3rd Place Patriots Pen | Raheem Dunlap | Post 6018 |
| Teacher of Year K-4 | Sandy C. Clark | Sunnyside Elementry |
| Teacher of Year 5-8 | Monica Stinson | E. Hoke Middle |
| Teacher of Year 9-12 | Nattlie McArthur | Southview High |
| Police Gold Medal | Cpt John R. Smith | Hope Mills, NC |
| Fire Fighter Gold Medal | Luke J. Flatebo | Hope Mills, NC |
| EMT Gold Medal | Robert J. Hart III | Cumberland County EMS |
The next District Meeting will be held at VFW Post 2843 in Pembroke. The date will be announced later. Nominations, elections, and installation of district officers for the 2008/2009 membership year will be done at the meeting also.
